Spandrel
noun
1.
Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
2.
(in a steel-framed building) a panellike area between the head of a window on one level and the sill of a window immediately above.
3.
Philately. the decoration occupying the space at the corner of a stamp between the border and an oval or circular central design.
noun (architect)
1.
an approximately triangular surface bounded by the outer curve of an arch and the adjacent wall
2.
the surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal cornice above them
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